• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Arizona teachers -no longer require a college degree

MrSquished

MrSquished

Lifer
When you live in a shithole state that doesn't treat public education and teachers well, You're going to have teacher shortages. Apparently the solution with the party that doesn't want to educate people, except with religion, the answer is reducing teacher qualification

www.azfamily.com

Educators no longer need a college degree to begin teaching in Arizona public schools

Under legislation Gov. Doug Ducey signed earlier this week, a person only needs to be enrolled to get their college degree to begin teaching in public schools.
www.azfamily.com www.azfamily.com
 
MrSquished said:
When you live in a shithole state that doesn't treat public education and teachers well, You're going to have teacher shortages. Apparently the solution with the party that doesn't want to educate people, except with religion, the answer is reducing teacher qualification

www.azfamily.com

Educators no longer need a college degree to begin teaching in Arizona public schools

Under legislation Gov. Doug Ducey signed earlier this week, a person only needs to be enrolled to get their college degree to begin teaching in public schools.
www.azfamily.com www.azfamily.com
Click to expand...
At least this law does not affect college level teachers.... many states like New York, do have laws that require college professors to have at least a graduate degree ( for part-time/adjunct professor) and a doctors degree to be hired by the college as a full-time professor.
 
Amol S. said:
I am sad tell you this..... but I do not think one needs to have a college degree to be a teacher ( I refer to teachers as those in K-12 and not college), there are states that do offer certification courses that are sometimes considered as equivalent. On a side note however, many states like New York, do have laws that require college proffesors to have at least a graduate degree ( for part-time/adjunct proffessor) and a doctors degree to be hired by the college as a full-time professor.
Click to expand...
You get what you pay for.
 
Which is absolutely no guarantee these degree-less teachers will actually be able to teach.

Many incompetent teachers cannot teach. They do not know to reach students or inspire them. Bad teachers simply use their ego and droll personality to drone on and on.

So inspiring.
 
if you lived in arizona would you really want Marjorie Taylor Greene to teach your kid?
Well, this is where we are heading, or at least arizona parents are heading. Just imagine how fucked up your kids would be with MTG as their teacher. No intelligence required.
 
senseamp said:
You really need to treat Republican run states as third world countries. Fly over, point, and don't forget to laugh.
Click to expand...

living in a purple state about to go full red in the fall, I can't blame you. Just please drop supplies while you fly over and send thoughts and prayers to the sane people stuck here.
 
Depends. I would be on board with eliminating the four year degree requirement if you replaced it with two years of full time student teaching but I suspect the move here is to replace it with nothing.
 
Kansas(?) did something similar during the height of the pandemic. Made it so anyone 18+ that could pass their background check was eligible. Not sure if it was temporary or not though.

Either way, can't be a good idea.
 
Overall I support the move to lower requirements for civil service as most of them are just BS credentialing designed to reduce competition for jobs. (Say like civil service exams in New York)

Most teacher certification and continuing education requirements are useless and graduate teacher preparation programs don’t seem to do much of anything useful. I think you could throw them all in the trash and just replace them with some basic competency evaluation and as much classroom time as possible because that’s the one thing that we know really works - time spent teaching.
 
It is probably unfortunate for children that we live in a society where people need to be employed to have a life. I would guess many teach for that reason. If I were looking for what I imagine might be a good thing for a perspective teacher to have it would be a love of learning.
 
hal2kilo said:
Yep, so much money going out to vouchers, they might not be able to adequately support their public school system. Keep up the good work AZ.

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/16/ar...-they-blew-a-huge-hole-in-its-budget_partner/
Click to expand...
This was and is always the plan. Take so much money from public education that only private schools are left. Wealthy parents will send their kids to expensive private schools that provide great educations with a state subsidy they didn't need in the first place. Less well and especially the poor will be left to send their kids to "charter" schools that have low academic standards and either provide religious indoctrination or are profit centers for "education" companies owned by hedge funds. Further sucking dollars out of communities.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top